All posts by Danielle Frider

You’re just about to move to Carolina–what are you secretly worried about?

Be it a random roommate, sharing a bathroom with your whole suite, or what in the world you’re going to do once you get here, everyone is nervous about something. Share your story and be entered to win in our LAST contest of the summer!

You can share anonymously by putting an alias in the name box when you comment, but remember to put your correct email so we can contact you if you’re our lucky winner!

To be entered into the random prize drawing, the deadline to post a comment is August 11, 2013 at 11:59 pm.

RHA stands for the Residence Hall Association of UNC Chapel Hill. RHA is a student group which represents the interests of every student living on campus, and works to improve the quality of residence life. During the year RHA throws tons of great programs and events for residents, and the summer is no different! Check out what RHA has been up to during Summer Session II in the photos below.

RHA stands for the Residence Hall Association of UNC Chapel Hill. RHA is a student group which represents the interests of every student living on campus, and works to improve the quality of residence life. During the year RHA throws tons of great programs and events for residents, and the summer is no different! Check out what RHA has been up to during Summer Session I in the photos below.

Event 1 -Ben & Jerry’s

Starting July 1, Room Swap opens for first-year students

In May, UNC Housing announced the release of a new feature in the Housing Selection Process – Room Swap! With Room Swap, students can easily search for open spaces in every residence hall and apartment community available to them and make changes to their housing assignment on their own. And now, this feature will also be available to first-year students from July 1 – August 1!

So what does this mean and how do I swap?

This means that if you weren’t 100% happy with your assigned location, or you find someone different who you want to room with, you can go in and make the changes yourself. Swapping rooms is limited by room availability, of course, but now you have the ability to view what is available on your own.

Room Swap is located in Step #9 of your housing application, located at myhousing.unc.edu. Once you’re in the correct step, the Room Swap link should be located on the far right of the page.

Now that you’re in Room Swap, you’ll see the list of buildings available to you. Try clicking into each building, as some will have open rooms and other will not. Once you find the building you want, with rooms available in it, it’s time to pick the right room for you!

Use Facebook groups to find others in your residence hall

With assignments coming out soon and Orientation on the horizon, it’s only logical that as a 21st century college student you’ll be looking to social media to network with future classmates. Here at Housing we strongly encourage you to join the Facebook group for whichever residence hall will be your new home next year. That way you can safely and easily meet your neighbors before move-in.

Get an early start on your First Year Experience by using social media!

Where will you be living for 2013-2014?

Tweet about it! Once you get your housing assignment, find your fellow Class of 2017 members and future floor-mates! It’s simple, just use the hashtags below, which correspond to your building and floor number. And, of course, while you’re on Twitter, we invite you to follow us @unchousing.